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Maureen O'Hara

Maureen O'Hara(Maureen FitzSimons)actressBorn: 8/17/1920Birthplace: Millwall, near Dublin, Ireland From the 1940s through the early 1970s, O'Hara brought spirited style to numerous films,…

Cheever, John

(Encyclopedia) Cheever, John, 1912–82, American author, b. Quincy, Mass. His expulsion from Thayer Academy was the subject of his first short story, published by the New Republic when he was 17. Many…

Maureen O'Hara Biography

Maureen O'Hara(Maureen FitzSimons)actressBorn: 8/17/1920Birthplace: Millwall, near Dublin, Ireland From the 1940s through the early 1970s, O'Hara brought spirited style to numerous films,…

O'Hara, Frank

(Encyclopedia) O'Hara, Frank 1926–66, American poet, b. Baltimore, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1950), Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor (M.A., 1951). His poetry is spontaneous, vernacular, witty, personal, and…

O'Hara, John Myers

O'Hara, John Myers[1870-1944](3)Born at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Educated at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. Was admitted to the bar and practiced law in Chicago for twelve years, when…

Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler

Love and longing for Miss Scarlett during the Civil War by David Johnson A 1937 Pulitzer Prize winner, Margaret Mitchell's historical novel, Gone With the Wind, is an American classic…

Catherine O’Hara

Canadian comic legend Catherine O'Hara is now best known for her role as in the TV series Schitt's Creek (2015-20). O'Hara was part of the comedy group Second City in Toronto in the early 1970s…

Burke, Robert O'Hara

(Encyclopedia) Burke, Robert O'Hara, 1820–61, Irish explorer of Australia. After service in the Belgian and Austrian armies he went (1853) as inspector of police to Melbourne. In 1860, with W. J.…

Trilling, Lionel

(Encyclopedia) Trilling, Lionel, 1905–75, American critic, author, and teacher, b. New York City, grad. Columbia (B.A., 1925; M.A., 1926; Ph.D., 1938). He began teaching literature at Columbia in…